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Detonation of explosives, Tadji, New Guinea

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This report discusses the proposed detonation of surplus R.A.A.F. bombs at Tadji, New Guinea. A visit was made to the bomb area in March, 1948, to observe the problems involved in detonating the bombs en masse for the purpose of a seismological study of the crustal layering of the island. Various localities in New Guinea, Papua and the neighbouring islands were visited to estimate the practicability of installing temporary seismic stations to record the detonation.

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Title Detonation of explosives, Tadji, New Guinea
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2ea60c1b-d5c8-47db-9097-556ad8b7ec38
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Detonation of explosives, Tadji, New Guinea". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/detonation-of-explosives-tadji-new-guinea